Genesis 49:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence. [Gen. 34:25-29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

Common English Bible

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence their stock in trade.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war.

Genesis 49:5 Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Ezekiel 48:24

And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side; Simeon, one portion.

Numbers 34:20

And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

Joshua 21:8

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Revelation 7:7

Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand: